I am not the type of person to get all worked up and get into arguments with people. Last night, though, I found myself in a facebook-status argument with a friend of mine. The argument was over some dumb website that was critiquing Rick Warren and Saddleback over their weight loss program they are instituting. [...]

So which is the right story of Christmas? This version… 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to [...]

Random musings from Bill’s brain… Two months into my new position, and things seem to be going well. Its tough when you can see the finished product, but know that its still going to be some time off before its there. Patience, I know. Still learning that little thing. I got myself an iPhone 4 [...]

Do you know what you’re singing? Have you ever thought, really thought, about the words coming out of your mouth on Sunday morning? Sometimes it can be so easy to just go with the flow, let the sounds come out in unison with everyone else. There have been so many times that my brain has [...]

- Its been a few weeks since I’ve done this mind dump. The reason is that I’ve had pretty much one thing, and one thing only, on my mind – getting a job. I have been out of youth ministry for 9 months, but I am thrilled to report that the wait is over! I [...]

You do not have to read far in the Bible to find hurt or suffering. I think we make it page 2 before man hurts God. We go another chapter to find man hurting man. And so it goes from there. We have not stopped hurting in the past 19 centuries since the last word [...]

Being a parent sometimes gives you a unique perspective into the mind of God. During dinner this past week, my kids were enjoying a bounty of goldfish crackers. Clearly, we eat like kings at the Nance household. Anyways, I asked my little 3 year old girl for one of “her” crackers. You know, the ones [...]